The Ford Fairlane stories, unavailable in print since first publication in 1979-1980 as serialized weekly episodes in the New York Rocker and the LA Weekly, will be officially released July 18 by Rare Bird Books. The stories inspired the movie, “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane,” directed by Renny Harlin and starring Andrew Dice Clay, released in 1990 by 20th Century Fox.

Written by journalist and screenwriter Rex Weiner, the stories capture the punk rock/new wave scenes in New York City and Los Angeles in the 1970’s.

“With Tom Waits-like prose, you’ll be out hipped,” says John Densmore of The Doors.

Rare Bird Books, based in in Los Angeles, is the independent publisher of approximately fifty books each year in multiple formats, including print, e-book, audiobook, and limited edition, with distribution through Publishers Group West.

Rex Weiner’s articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, LA Weekly, and Capital & Main. He was a staff reporter at Variety and is one of the founding editors of High Times Magazine and co-author of The Woodstock Census (Viking), one of the key texts analyzing the impact of the Sixties Generation on American society. As one of the first writers brought on board to launch the TV series “Miami Vice,” Weiner wrote the now classic 9th episode, “Glades.” He is a co-founder of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop.

Christopher Simmons has been a working journalist since his first magazine sale in 1984. He has since written for wide variety of print and online publications covering lifestyle, tech and entertainment. He is an award-winning author, designer, photographer, and musician. He is a member of ASCAP and PRSA. He is the founder and CEO of Neotrope®, based in Torrance, CA, USA.